Next message: Antony N. Lord: "RE: [WinMac] Sneaker Drive Format?"
There aren't any all-in-one drive formats that will work with your three platforms. I'd recommend making three partitions of the HD.
-tom
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> From: Antony N. Lord
> Subject: [WinMac] Sneaker Drive Format?
>
> I'm planning to build a "sneaker drive" for the sole purpose of
> storing dome off site backups :
>
> I have a small LAN (OS 9 / OS X / Win XP) which Retrospect looks after.
>
> I was planning to put a large Seagate Barracuda in a USB 2 / FireWire
> combo case so I could occasionally make a copy of the backup files
> (stored on a machine on the LAN) and keep it off site.
>
> I had also hoped to use it on some "satellite" machines (not
> networked or on Retrospect) to store "vital" files.
>
> Is there a HD format that all the above platforms can read or a
> solution to allow the least compatible machines to see it?
>
> Cheers, Antony.
>
>
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